I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

When Huo Guang said that there was not enough manpower for the autumn harvest, Liu Tan had already thought of many reasons in his mind-was it because the wages he paid were too high and everyone went to work?Is it because Guan City is so prosperous that many people have gone to work there?Even if you can't be a businessman, the businessmen in Guan City still need help.

Generally, businessmen will come with important people, but jobs like coolies will be searched locally.

No matter how high the local price is, it is less money than bringing people all the way through the mountains and rivers, and the most important thing is that the roads are not safe these days, and those who will follow the mountains and rivers to do this kind of hard work are generally slaves.

Many people are aware of the living conditions of slaves. The body is definitely not healthy. It is good to be able to eat and wear warm clothes, but forget about health.

Such a body will definitely not be able to adapt to long-distance trekking, maybe he will die on the road, and he will lose money instead.

Because of this, there used to be a lot of unemployed young men in Dunhuang, but now these people are forced to work by Kou Zhengda, the governor of Dunhuang County. With more money in their hands, many of them have gradually settled down after they started buying properties.

So it's no wonder that Liu Tan thought of this the first time.

However, Huo Guang gave him a different answer.

Huo Guang stared deeply at Liu Tan and said: "The northern plow invented by Your Highness is very useful, and it has been promoted vigorously, which has caused many people to use the new farm tools. Before, His Highness encouraged land reclamation. Originally, everyone had no spare energy to open up wasteland. But with the new farm tools, there is naturally enough energy, so a lot of fields have been opened up, but it is not so easy to harvest now."

After listening to Liu Tan for a long time, he finally understood. Simply put, there are epoch-making agricultural tools for farming, so everyone cultivated more land when they were excited. Everyone felt tired when they were taking care of the fields, but At that time, I can still bear it. When I think of harvesting more in autumn, I am very motivated.

As a result, everyone now finds that things seem to be too big-it's too late to harvest.

Autumn in the northern border country is very short, so short that today it may still be autumn, and tomorrow there will be a strong wind blowing, and it will enter winter in an instant.

In this case, the harvest time is actually relatively short.

Liu Tan was dumbfounded at the time: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Huo Guang coughed lightly: "There is still about a month until the autumn harvest, so it should be enough time."

Liu Tan said: "Don't be ridiculous, it takes a month to figure out a way, even to make things, and to make a lot of farm tools and send them to the farmers. Are you kidding me?"

One month is not a short period of time. It took nearly two months to change farm tools in the northern border country or around Shuofang City. Now one month is enough to make new things and promote them.

Huo Guang said: "As long as Your Highness guarantees that it can be produced within half a month, I dare to guarantee that it can be delivered to the people!"

Liu Tan was silent for a moment. He turned his head to look at Gong Shucan and said with a wry smile, "Well, it seems that the two of us don't want to rest anymore. Let's prepare to stay overnight."

Huo Guang was startled immediately: "Your Highness, it's not good for your body to stay up all night."

Liu Tan waved his hand and said, "I don't have an idea right now. Even if I have an idea, it may take time to put it into practice. It's not like I can't bear it for a while."

Anyway, he is young, and he has always paid attention to his health because of his mental age. He is well maintained, and it's okay to stay up late occasionally.

Huo Guang took a deep breath: "The minister is not well prepared."

Liu Tan shook his head: "It has nothing to do with you."

The rapid progress of technology will always bring such sequelae, because no one can predict what kind of results technological innovation will bring. In the long run, such results are good, but if people cannot change in time, it will naturally happen. various problems.

In fact, strictly speaking, it is not Huo Guang's problem, but Liu Tan's problem.

Liu Tan has brought technology that does not belong to this era, so he should be able to think about the issue of the autumn harvest.

However, the problem was that he had never planted land before, so he had completely forgotten about it.

It is meaningless to pursue the question of who now, Liu Tan calmed down from the excitement just now because the water turned the spinning wheel.

Gong Shucan also had a serious face, but he was happier than Liu Tan.

Originally thought that after the water turned to the spinning wheel, he might have to rest for a while, but now it is good that he is busy, and some busy means that he is useful.

Liu Tan turned his head and said to everyone: "You should pay attention to the matter of the wool workshop. I divided the wool into several grades before. Later, I will ask you to give you the standard documents for grade evaluation. The production of inferior wool and fine wool belongs to me. , and you can do whatever you want."

Huo Guang and the others were stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect Liu Tan to retain the right to make low-grade wool.

Based on their understanding of Liu Tan, thinking about the glass will tell His Royal Highness the King of the North's plan. Huo Guang said, "I'm also inferior to wool..."

Liu Tan waved his hand: "That thing might lose money, I can't lead you to make a lot of money, and I can't cheat you."

Huo Guang whispered: "But... the fine hair is a tribute..."

Of course, the tribute does not make money, so it seems that Liu Tan is losing money inside and out.

Liu Tan glanced at him and raised his eyebrows and said triumphantly: "You don't understand now, although the tributes don't get money, but the father, the queen, and the queen will give me pocket money, and Sister Dang Lia will also give me money, Your Royal Highness I'm a little poor, but sometimes what he gave me can't be measured by money."

For example, he was free to do things in the northern border country, but if Liu Ju, as the prince, had a little suspicion of him, it is impossible for him to be so relaxed and bold now.

Huo Guang looked at his complacent look, so he had no choice but to say: "Since His Highness insists on this, then we can discuss the rest."

Liu Tan waved at them and said, "Go, go, I'm going to discuss something with Gong Shucan."

After Huo Guang and the others left, Liu Tan and Gong Shucan stared at each other, and finally Gong Shucan asked, "I don't know what orders does Your Highness have?"

Liu Tan smiled bitterly: "I don't have any ideas now, what can I order?"

Most of the time when he makes things, he pays attention to a flash of inspiration, or he thinks of things step by step.

Like now, he was suddenly told what to do, and his brain went blank.

Since it is blank, we can only sort it out from the beginning.

The current method of harvesting by farmers is still the oldest method of harvesting with a sickle, so if you want to liberate labor, you must have a harvester.

The harvesters of later generations are all fuel-driven and electric-driven. The first thing he needs to do is trace the source, trace the history of these harvesters, and what power they use before using fuel or electricity.

Of course the idea is good, but in fact Liu Tan couldn't think of it at all.

Because he doesn't remember much about the harvester at all!

Liu Tan sits in front of the desk with a charcoal pencil and thinks carefully. If the source cannot be traced, then he can only "create" it himself.

First of all, if you want to harvest, you must ensure that the harvester can cut with full power, then you need a cutter.

Liu Tan originally thought very simple, just get some big scissors, use the driving force of a horse or cow, or even human power to pull it forward while cutting it.

However, the reality tells him that it is not possible, because the ears of wheat will fall in the opposite direction of the scissors under the force.

Liu Tan held his head in one hand and fiddled with the scissors in the other. While he was still worrying, Gong Shucan asked cautiously, "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Gong Shucan actually has some ideas of his own, but as a subordinate, the boss can't just think about how to do it here, and you can do it right away.

Don't mention whether it is easy to use, isn't this a slap in the face of the boss?

Not to mention that Gong Shucan was actually convinced by Liu Tan, at least the elevator, the water wheel, the keel water wheel, and the nearest water-turning spinning wheel were beyond his imagination.

Even if his technique is better, the more people who understand mechanics, the more they will understand that sometimes creativity is the hardest thing to come by.

Liu Tan came back to his senses after hearing Gong Shucan's words, and secretly scolded himself for being stupid, why didn't he know how to use a cheat next to him?

He said to Gong Shuchan: "The harvester is more difficult than the northern plow we made before, because the harvester is like a water wheel, and it needs cattle and horses to provide power."

Gongshu smiled and said, "It's not difficult. With the experience of running water wheels, it's not difficult."

Liu Tan nodded seriously and said: "It's true that this is not a difficult task, so the problem now is how to get the cutter. I tried it with scissors just now, and found that simple scissors don't seem to be suitable."

As for what the cutters of later generations look like, sorry, I have never seen this one before.

Gong Shucan looked at Liu Tan and hesitated for a moment.

Liu Tan put the scissors on the desk and said, "Just say what you want to say. You don't have to have so many scruples here. As a technician, you just need to do your job well and don't think about those crap things. .”

To be honest, what Liu Tan is afraid of is that those who engage in technology will participate in politics. Generally, those who are serious about technology do not have the political literacy.

As for the "technicians" who are able to mix in court like a fish in water, their skills are basically the same. I don't deny that there are two things that can do well, and those with high IQ and EQ, but such people are rare, at least not like Gong Shucan. people.

Liu Tan thought for a while and added: "As long as you do what I ordered and don't break the law, you don't have to worry about other things."

Although Gong Shucan's political literacy is not high, he is not stupid. Knowing that Liu Tan is trying to ensure that the political struggle will not extend to their public losers, he immediately put his heart into his stomach and said: "What I want to say is that since These rice can't bear it, so just set up a hook to bind them."

hook?Liu Tan turned to look at him: "What kind of hook?"